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#washingtonpost.com. 7.7-magnitude earthquake hits Myanmar and neighboring Thailand. The quake hit 10 miles from Myanmar’s second-largest city. The number of dead could not be immediately verified, but buildings as far away as Bangkok collapsed.

#theguardian.com. Strong 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Myanmar, with tremors felt in neighbouring Thailand. Witnesses in Bangkok more than 1,000km away said people ran out onto the streets in panic

#aljazeera.com. Two powerful earthquakes hit Myanmar, trap dozens under rubble in Thailand. A building under construction collapses in Thailand’s Bangkok, trapping 43 workers, as information scarce on Myanmar.

#aljazeera.com. ‘Inch by inch’: Myanmar rebels close in on key military base in Chin State. Under heavy Myanmar air force attacks, Chin rebels pay heavy price for success of ‘Mission Jerusalem’.

#aljazeera.com. UN chief visits Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as hunger fears rise. Antonio Guterres’ visit comes after WFP says it may have to halve food vouchers for Rohingya starting next month.

#aljazeera.com. UN urged to probe Myanmar special envoy over alleged Chinese firms ties. Activist groups demand UN investigation over alleged ties to Chinese firms, citing conflicts of interest.

#theguardian.com. Myanmar junta’s promise of elections denounced as ‘sham’ by experts. There are fears military will deploy further violence in run-up to any poll, which is unlikely to be viewed as credible

#bbc.com. Myanmar's military government says it will hold elections this year. Critics say the announcement is a sham designed to maintain the junta's power through proxy parties.

#wired.com. Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online. A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.

#bbc.com. Myanmar scam centres: Thousands who have been freed are now stuck in camps. The camps are unsanitary, food barely sufficient, and many of those being held are in poor health.

#bbc.com. Kidney trade: Myanmar villagers fly to India to sell organs illegally. Two Burmese men tell the BBC they used forged documents and middlemen to undergo surgery in India.

#aljazeera.com. Conflicts trigger globe’s highest rate of internet shutdowns in 2024: NGO. Wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Myanmar among those spurring ‘digital violence’.

#aljazeera.com. Hundreds of Chinese airlifted home after crackdown on Myanmar scam centres. Thailand is facilitating the transfer of thousands of people rescued from scam centres on the border of Myanmar.

#theguardian.com. Tens of thousands could be held in illegal scam compounds in Myanmar, Thai police general says. Head of anti-trafficking agency says dozens of Chinese criminal gangs were running the centres

#bbc.com. Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres. Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has pledged to close scam centres along the Thai-Myanmar border.

#aljazeera.com. East Timor has a historic opportunity to break ASEAN deadlock on Myanmar. It can lead the way on holding Myanmar’s military government accountable at the ICC.

#aljazeera.com. Myanmar’s military regime prepares for ‘violent, messy’ election. Pressure is building on Myanmar’s rulers to hold what opposition groups promise will be fraught national elections.

#aljazeera.com. What’s happening in Myanmar? | Start Here. Myanmar’s military regime is under pressure, four years after it seized back power in a coup.

#aljazeera.com. Myanmar military extends state of emergency for another six months. The declaration is widely anticipated to be the last before the military holds long-delayed national polls this year.

#aljazeera.com. A ray of sunshine for Myanmar’s wounded rebels as civil war rages. The Sunshine Care Centre has helped hundreds of badly injured fighters from Myanmar’s civil war recover from injuries.

#aljazeera.com. Rohingya refugees’ boat runs aground in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Over 70 Rohingya refugees in Indonesia after fleeing Myanmar.

#aljazeera.com. Please Enjoy Our Tragedies: Art as a Voice for Myanmar’s Forgotten Struggle. An artist flees Myanmar following the 2021 coup and uses art to keep the world engaged in the plight of his nation.

#theguardian.com. Myanmar airstrike on detention camp kills dozens, armed opposition group says. Those killed in attack on camp for relatives of junta soldiers in Rakhine state were women and children, Arakan Army says

#aljazeera.com. ASEAN tells Myanmar military rulers peace should be priority, not election. Myanmar has been in turmoil since 2021 when its military overthrew the government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

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